ALL PERSONS WHO PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED THE COMMON
STOCK OF OMNICARE, INC. (“OMNICARE” OR THE “COMPANY”) PURSUANT
AND/OR TRACEABLE TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS FOR
THE COMPANY’S DECEMBER 12, 2005 PUBLIC OFFERING

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to an Order of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Northern Division,
that a hearing will be held on June 27, 2019, at 1:30 p.m., before the
Honorable William O. Bertelsman, United States District Judge, at the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky,
Northern Division, 35 W. 5th Street, Covington, KY 41011, for the
purpose of determining: (1) whether the proposed Settlement of the
Litigation1 for $20 million should be approved by the Court
as fair, reasonable and adequate; (2) whether a Final Judgment and Order
of Dismissal with Prejudice should be entered by the Court; (3) whether
the Plan of Allocation for the Net Settlement Fund is fair, reasonable
and adequate and should be approved; and (4) whether the application of
Lead Counsel for the payment of attorneys’ fees and expenses and
Plaintiffs’ request for an award pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §77z-1(a)(4) in
connection with their representation of the Settlement Class should be
approved.

IF YOU PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED THE COMMON STOCK OF OMNICARE
PURSUANT AND/OR TRACEABLE TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS
FOR THE COMPANY’S DECEMBER 12, 2005 PUBLIC OFFERING, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE
AFFECTED BY THE SETTLEMENT OF THIS LITIGATION, INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF
CLAIMS YOU MAY POSSESS RELATING TO YOUR PURCHASE OR ACQUISITION OF
OMNICARE COMMON STOCK PURSUANT AND/OR TRACEABLE TO THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS FOR THE COMPANY’S DECEMBER 12, 2005 PUBLIC
OFFERING. If you have not received a detailed Notice of Pendency and
Proposed Settlement of Class Action (“Notice”) and a copy of the Proof
of Claim and Release form, you may obtain copies by writing to Omnicare
Securities Settlement, c/o Gilardi & Co. LLC, Claims Administrator,
P.O. Box 404113, Louisville, KY 40233-4113, or on the Internet at www.OmnicareSecuritiesSettlement.com.
If you are a Settlement Class Member, in order to share in the
distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, you must submit a Proof of
Claim and Release by mail (postmarkedno later thanJuly 1, 2019) or online no later thanJuly
1, 2019, establishing that you are entitled to recovery.

If you purchased or acquired Omnicare common stock pursuant and/or
traceable to the Registration Statement and Prospectus for the Company’s
December 12, 2005 public offering but desire to be excluded from the
Settlement Class, you must submit a request for exclusion so that it is postmarked
no later than June 6, 2019, in the manner and form
explained in the detailed Notice referred to above. All members of the
Settlement Class who do not timely and validly request exclusion from
the Settlement Class in the manner set forth in the Notice will be bound
by any judgment entered in the Litigation pursuant to the Stipulation of
Settlement.

Any objection to the Settlement, the Plan of Allocation, Lead Counsel’s
request for attorneys’ fees and expenses, and Plaintiffs’ request for an
award pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §77z-1(a)(4) in connection with their
representation of the Settlement Class must be received by each
of the following recipients no later thanJune 6,2019:

CLERK OF THE COURT

Lead Counsel:

Counsel for Defendants:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT

ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

COURT

& DOWD LLP

JOHN E. SCHREIBER

EASTERN DISTRICT OF

HENRY ROSEN

333 S. Grand Avenue

KENTUCKY

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900

Los Angeles, CA 90071

NORTHERN DIVISION

San Diego, CA 92101

35 W. 5th Street

Covington, KY 41011

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR THE CLERK’S OFFICE REGARDING THIS
NOTICE. If you have any questions about the Settlement, you may
contact Lead Counsel at the address listed above or visit the website
listed above.